Rolexfinder Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 In case I can keep only 1, which one is a must to keep in my collection. Best regards, Paul and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper618 Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Drooooooooooool! keep the bronzo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkaiser Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 The bronzo, easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 No doubt......... Bronzo FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 If we are talking about reps I would opt for the 217....unless you already have a FIddy as well (which is often the case). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netniet Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 The bronzo, but i don't mind if you sell it to me, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomic_doug Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Rep or Gen, I would keep the 217. It has more Panerai DNA. The 217 says "Panerai fan". The 'Bronzo' says "I was told this is cool". The bronze case thing has always struck me as a fad. Anonimo did it for years, then Panerai decided to try one and dug deep in their archives to find some bronze prototype they toyed with. They found one and claimed "Hey, we invented this too." Now every boutique dive watch maker has a bronze-cased version of what they make and everyone loses their brains over the patina as if oxidized copper is anything genuine as yellowed tritium or warmly-worn plexi or a radium burn or the weathered wabi of a steel case. Getting a patinated steel watch means years of wearing it in hard-man environments. Patinating a bronze watch means buying some liver of sulphur and waiting a few minutes. A friend of mine has a bronze Helson that he wears while SCUBA diving. Naturally, the case has a lot of tarnish...er...oxidization...er...patina (yeah, that's the ticket) but he mentions that everyone who sees the watch just assumes it's fake gold and incredibly dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo1700 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 for me too the 217, but simply because i dont love much the submersible watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Majestyk Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Keep the BRONZE one & PM me on the 217, since I've not heard from you about the "ultimate" 249" with that awesome dial you worked on - LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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